docs: def today(boo):
    """
    Return today's date as either a String or a Number, as specified by the User.
  
    Args:
      boo: if true, function returns Number (20151230); if false, returns String ("2015-12-30")
    Returns:
      either a Number or a string, dependent upon the user's input
    """
    tod = datetime.strptime(datetime.today().date().isoformat().replace('-', ' '), '%Y %m %d')
    if boo:
      return int(str(tod).replace('-', '')[:8])
    else:
      return str(tod)[:10]